Spirituality Quotes by Henry Miller

Music is the can-opener of the soul.

— Henry Miller

“It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another person, not with the mind, not even with the heart.”

— Henry Miller

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the…

— Henry Miller

“I see myself forever and ever as the ridiculous [person], the lonely soul, the wanderer, the restless frustrated artist, the [person] in…

— Henry Miller

“The moment I stepped on the American boat which was to take me to New York I felt I was in another…

— Henry Miller

“No matter where you go, no matter what you touch, there is cancer and syphilis. It is written in the sky; it…

— Henry Miller

“The word must become flesh; the soul thirsts. On whatever crumb my eye fastens, I will pounce and devour. If to live…

— Henry Miller

I see myself forever and ever as the ridiculous man, the lonely soul, the wanderer, the restless frustrated artist, the man in…

— Henry Miller

The enchanting, and sometimes terrifying, thing is that the world can be so many things to so many different souls. That it…

— Henry Miller

“I stood before a mirror and said fearfully: “I want to see how I look in the mirror with my eyes closed.”…

— Henry Miller

There are moments when the elixir of life rises to such over−brimming splendor that the soul spills over. In the seraphic smile…

— Henry Miller

“I look out again at the sun-my first full gaze. It is blood-red and men are walking about on rooftops. Everything above…

— Henry Miller

“I am the gorilla who feels his wings growing, a giddy gorilla in the centre of a satin-like emptiness; the night too…

— Henry Miller

“The creative life! Ascension. Passing beyond oneself. Rocketing out into the blue, grasping at flying ladders, mounting, soaring, lifting the world up…

— Henry Miller

“Christ will never more come down to earth nor will there be any law-giver, nor will murder cease nor theft, nor rape,…

— Henry Miller